Achievements, Badges, and Certificates in Blackboard

Instructors can reward students on their Blackboard courses with achievements in the form of badges and certificates. These can be set up so that students receive the badge or certificate when they have fulfilled certain criteria that the instructor has set, for example achieving a certain level in a test, completing certain course activities, and participating in group work.

In non-academic uses of Blackboard badges and achievements can be used to demonstrate extra-curricular activities.

If students use Mozilla Open Backpack they can take their badges to their backpack where they can display them to potential employers and other interested parties.